Improvement in milk-safes



C. BEAM.

MILK-SAFE.

No.183,107. iyj.

Patented Oct.10.18'76.

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THE GRAPH IC WANK NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES BEAM, OF JACKSON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-SAFES.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,107, dated October10, 1876; application tiled August 25 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BEAM, of Jackson, county of Jones, in theState of Iowa, have invented an Improved Milk-Safe, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a safe constructed with walls composed of anetting of wire or other suitable material, permitting a freecirculation through the same of the air, in which milk, fruit, and othersimilar substances are placed to guard against the attacks of insects,Ste.; and my invention consists in an upright fixed and stationary post,mounted in a suitable base or standard, and carrying, projecting fromits sides, tiers or rows of shelves or ledges for the support ofmilk-pans, &c., together with a frame-work surrounding said post andshelves, and hung or pivoted upon and arranged to revolveupon said post,and having its walls composed wholly or in part of a suitable netting,and provided with a longitudinal opening in its wall, extending from thetop to the bottom thereof, and provided with a door for the closing ofthe same, whereby, when it is desired to place upon or remove from anyshelf of the post any article, by revolving the pivoted frame andbringing the door or opening opposite to the tier or row of shelves,upon one of which the article is, or is desired to be placed, access maybe readily had to the said shelf without disturbing the other shelves,or the contents of the pans or vessels supported thereon. A

Figure 1 is an elevation of a safe embodying my invention, showing thedoor swung open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a lateral cross-section of the same.

A is an upright stationary post, which is fixed in or to the standard orbase B, which latter should be of sufcient breadth to sustain the postand its connected parts in a perpendicular position. From the sides ofthis post A are arranged to project tiers or rows of shelves or supportsa, preferably arranged one above the other on each side or face of thepost, as shown, the said shelves being adapted to receive and hold amilk-pan or other article. C is a frame-work or chamber, the walls ofwhich are constructed or composed wholly or in part of a netting, c,which is preferably of tine wire. This chamber C is hung or pivoted uponthe post A so as to surround the post and its shelves, by means of anopening in its top and bottom, through which the post extends, as shown,and a cappiece, c', arranged on the top of the frame to ft over and uponthe rounded top a of the post. The chamber C thus is capable of beingrevolved about the xed post, and it turns upon the top a of the post asa pivot. The chamber has an opening in its wall at d, extending f'romthe top to the bottom, and arranged to be closed by a door, D, as shown.

It is evident that, by turning the chamber on its pivot on the post, theopening d may be brought opposite to any ofthe rows of shelves, and thusaccess readily had to any desired row without movement of the shelves,or in any Way disturbing them.

I am aware that milk-safes have been heretofore madein which a postsupporting shelves has been arranged to revolve within a stationaryframe or chamber. I am aware that these shelves have been made in theform of projecting' arms, and that the frame or chamber has beenconstructed with its walls composed wholly or in part of wire gauze ornetting, and that a doorway has been provided. I do not intend to claimherein any of these devices, but wish to limit my claim to the specificcombination of parts I have shown, and as I have described them-that isto say, to the combination, with a fixed post mounted in a broadstandard and carrying the projecting shelfarms shown, of a gauze frameor chamber, provided with a door and hung or pivoted upon the said postso that it may be revolved thereon. In safes constructed with arevolving post within a xed frame or chamber, when it is desired toremove from or place upon any shelf a pan of milk, it becomes necessaryto revolve the post. This will, to a greater or less extent, disturb thecontents of all the other pans on the remaining shelves; while, on thecontrary, it is desirable and essential that the milk which is placed onthe shelves and is giving up its cream, should remain iu entirequiescence to facilitate the formation and risary post A is mounted on abase or sill, B, and sustains the projecting shelves or supports a, withthe revolving frame or chamber C, and the door D, and with the cap c, asand for the purpose speciied.

CHARLES BEAM. Witnesses:

C. W. HOLLENBEOK, GEO. W. BYERLY.

